To be eligible for the Whitaker Foundation Scholarship, applicants must: be 18 years or older at the time of entry; be an American Citizen or a legal resident (with a green card) of the United States (winners will be asked to submit their social security numbers); be a student in good academic standing with a 3.0 GPA; and be an undergraduate student at a nationally accredited degree-granting institution working towards a bachelors degree in fine art, art history or museum studies.
Apart from completing the application, applicants must also submit: an official transcript (if they are selected for this scholarship); two images of original watercolor paintings (if they are applying for the Bachelor of Fine Art award); and an essay responding to the question asked on the application (the required length is between 500 to 750 words). The Foundation intends to support art students with a special emphasis on watercolor and museum studies and to help them meet the diverse needs of today’s professional art and museum world.